He came third on I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2006 and on Strictly Come Dancing in 2011.

Craig McLachlan

Craig mastered the art of the mullet perm.

HENRY RAMSAY

You may not remember his name but who can forget Craig’s curly perm?

In 1990, Craig, now 50, reached No2 with Mona (which was later sampled by Rizzle Kicks).

He has also appeared in various musicals, including Grease and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Craig went back to soaps, playing a schoolteacher in Home And Away. He has stayed largely in Australia, making films and TV shows such as The Doctor Blake Mysteries, but was a contestant on ITV’s Dancing On Ice, albeit briefly, in 2011.

Annie Jones

Annie Jones as Jane Harris.

JANE HARRIS

Auditioned for Charlene but lost out to Kylie and landed the role of Jane, at first known as Plain Jane Superbrain, girlfriend to Mike Young (Guy Pearce).

Annie Jones now, with Paul Maloney (Image: Getty Images)

Annie won a Logie Award – Australia’s TV awards – in 1989 as most popular actress. She quit Neighbours the same year and put her career aside in the mid-90s to care for her mum, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Now 49, she has had various guest roles and this year teamed up with Guy again in his TV series Jack Irish.

Mark Little

Mark played Joe Mangel.

JOE MANGEL

Bringing the laughs to Neighbours, Mark, 56, was already known on the comedy circuit in the 80s before playing Joe for three years until 1991.

He also worked in the UK, replacing Chris Evans on The Big Breakfast in 1994, and is a regular panellist on The Wright Stuff. Last year, he was in panto in Hampshire.

His son Angus H Little is also a stand-up and a performer in Stomp.

Vivean Gray

The ever-vigilant Mrs Mangel.

MRS MANGEL

Already a well-kent face from The Sullivans, the British actress was a fan favourite as the snooty busybody.

But she quit in 1988 after abuse from fans who couldn’t tell fact from fiction.

She had a postage stamp printed in her honour in 1995. Now 91, she lives in Sussex.

Alan Dale

Who'd have thought Scott's dad would make it to Hollywood?

JIM ROBINSON

He played Scott’s dad Jim, the patriarch of Ramsay Street. But after leaving, he found he had become typecast in Australia.

In 2000, he headed to the States, where he has enjoyed huge success.

Jim Dale went on to star in US TV shows like 24.

He has racked up film roles in Star Trek, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Captain America. The 68-year-old also performed on TV in The West Wing, NCIS, The Killing and The OC. The dad of four has been married to former Miss Australia Tracey Pearson since 1990 and they live in LA.

Stefan Dennis

PAUL ROBINSON

Bill Roache in Corrie. Adam Woodyatt in EastEnders...there’s always one and Stefan is the Neighbours one. He has played the role of Paul on and off from day one.

Stefan with actress Libby McArthur on the set of River City

He has had time off, even playing Dr McKenzie in River City in 2002. He also tried a pop career. His 1989 single Don’t It Make You Feel Good reached No16 in the UK.

Anne Charleston

Madge and Harold. Legends.

MADGE BISHOP

Anne left the show in 1992 before returning in 1996. Last year, she reprised the role for the show’s 30th anniversary special, where she appeared as a vision to husband Harold.

She had last been seen dying in his arms from cancer in 2001. Anne joined Emmerdale in 2006 as Lily Butterfield and in 2009, she appeared on stage in Calendar Girls.

Anne Charleston as she looks now.

She has done Celebrity Masterchef and in 2013 starred in Prisoner Cell Block H remake Wentworth as Lizzie Birdsworth’s mother-in-law. She is now 73 and lives in Ireland.

Guy Pearce

As Mike with Clive - remember him?

MIKE YOUNG

AS Mike, Cambridgeshire-born Guy was Scott’s best man.

Since leaving in 1989, the star, whose family moved to Oz when he was three, has become a very successful Hollywood actor.